Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
# Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics, ten fencing events were contested. Women's épée events made a debut at these Games.

## Medal summary

### Men's events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Individual épée details | Aleksandr Beketov Russia | Iván Trevejo Cuba | Géza Imre Hungary |
| team épée details | Italy (ITA) Sandro Cuomo Angelo Mazzoni Maurizio Randazzo | Russia (RUS) Aleksandr Beketov Pavel Kolobkov Valery Zakharevich | France (FRA) Jean-Michel Henry Robert Leroux Éric Srecki |
| Individual foil details | Alessandro Puccini Italy | Lionel Plumenail France | Franck Boidin France |
| team foil details | Russia (RUS) Dmitriy Shevchenko Ilgar Mamedov Vladislav Pavlovich | Poland (POL) Piotr Kiełpikowski Adam Krzesiński Ryszard Sobczak Jarosław Rodzewicz | Cuba (CUB) Elvis Gregory Rolando Leon Oscar García Perez |
| Individual sabre details | Stanislav Pozdnyakov Russia | Sergey Sharikov Russia | Damien Touya France |
| team sabre details | Russia (RUS) Stanislav Pozdnyakov Grigoriy Kirienko Sergey Sharikov | Hungary (HUN) Csaba Köves József Navarrete Bence Szabó | Italy (ITA) Raffaello Caserta Luigi Tarantino Toni Terenzi |

### Women's events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Individual épée details | Laura Flessel France | Valérie Barlois France | Gyöngyi Szalay Hungary |
| team épée details | France (FRA) Laura Flessel Sophie Moressée-Pichot Valérie Barlois | Italy (ITA) Laura Chiesa Elisa Uga Margherita Zalaffi | Russia (RUS) Maria Mazina Yuliya Garayeva Karina Aznavourian |
| Individual foil details | Laura Badea Romania | Valentina Vezzali Italy | Giovanna Trillini Italy |
| team foil details | Italy (ITA) Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella Giovanna Trillini Valentina Vezzali | Romania (ROU) Laura Badea Reka Szabo Roxana Scarlat | Germany (GER) Anja Fichtel Mauritz Sabine Bau Monika Weber-Koszto |

## Medal table

Russia finished atop of the fencing medal table at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Italy (ITA) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | France (FRA) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Romania (ROM) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |

## Participating nations

A total of 224 fencers (136 men and 88 women) from 46 nations competed at the Atlanta Games:

* Algeria (2)
* Argentina (4)
* Australia (1)
* Austria (3)
* Azerbaijan (1)
* Belarus (1)
* Bolivia (1)
* Bulgaria (3)
* Canada (7)
* China (9)
* Chile (1)
* Colombia (2)
* Cuba (7)
* Czech Republic (1)
* Denmark (1)
* Estonia (6)
* Finland (1)
* France (15)
* Georgia (1)
* Germany (15)
* Great Britain (2)
* Greece (1)
* Guatemala (1)
* Hungary (15)
* Israel (3)
* Italy (16)
* Japan (4)
* Kazakhstan (1)
* Kuwait (1)
* Luxembourg (1)
* Paraguay (1)
* Poland (11)
* Portugal (1)
* Puerto Rico (1)
* Romania (9)
* Russia (15)
* FR Yugoslavia (1)
* South Korea (13)
* Spain (11)
* Sweden (2)
* Switzerland (5)
* Tunisia (1)
* Ukraine (6)
* United States (15)
* Uzbekistan (1)
* Venezuela (4)
